Evaluation of Light Exercise in the Treatment of Gestational Diabetes

Autor: Apolonia García-Patterson, Miguel Ángel María, Justa Ubeda, A. de Leiva, Rosa Corcoy, Esther Martin
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Diabetes Care. 24:2006-2007
ISSN: 1935-5548
0149-5992
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.11.2006
Popis: The metabolic goal of therapy in gestational diabetes (GD) is to maintain euglycemia, and when it is not achieved with diet alone, insulin therapy is added (1). Physical training has both acute and long-term effects on insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion, and glucose metabolism in both nondiabetic and diabetic subjects (2), and the benefit of training has also been shown in patients with GD, where controlled training achieves euglycemia with no need for insulin treatment (3). Nevertheless, physical exercise of moderate intensity has been associated with uterine contractions unless performed with the arms (4). The clinical observation that light postprandial exercise …
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